Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 0 |
Data sources
- World Aquatics
- Olympedia
- IOC results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Michael Klim ranks #55 in Swimming
Michael Klim ranks 55th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 573rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 78, Honours 84, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 289 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1996–2007 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 2, olympic medals 6, world championship golds 6, world records 4.
Immediately ahead sits Gary Hall Jr. on 84.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Bronte Campbell on 84.1. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Michael Klim GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Klim stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Klim comparisons
Michael Klim — frequently asked
- Is Michael Klim the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Michael Klim ranks 55th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 84.3, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
- What is Michael Klim's GOAT Score?
- 84.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Michael Klim rank all time?
- 573rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 55th within Swimming.
- Michael Klim vs Gary Hall Jr.: who ranks higher?
- Michael Klim, on 84.3 against Gary Hall Jr.'s 84.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.